Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 44
स्वैरिणीं त्वां प्रपश्यामि राक्षसी तस्करी नु किम् । एवमुक्त्वा क्षणं मोहात्क्रन्दमानो मुहुर्मुहुः
svairiṇīṃ tvāṃ prapaśyāmi rākṣasī taskarī nu kim | evamuktvā kṣaṇaṃ mohātkrandamāno muhurmuhuḥ
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്വൈരിണിയായി കാണുന്നു—നീ രാക്ഷസിയോ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കള്ളത്തിയോ? എന്നു പറഞ്ഞ്, അവൻ ക്ഷണകാലം മോഹഗ്രസ്തനായി വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും കരഞ്ഞു വിലപിച്ചു.
Impalement-suffering brāhmaṇa/ṛṣi (husband, implied)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra ambience (unspecified)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A man, eyes wide, points accusingly at a lone woman in the night; his body shakes as he breaks into repeated sobs; the woman stands composed, shadowed by moonlight.
FAQs
Delusion can distort perception and speech; dharma calls for restraint and truth, especially when one is overwhelmed by pain.
No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it serves the moral drama within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative arc.
None; the verse focuses on inner states (moha, grief) and the ethical consequences of accusatory speech.